Accident to an Airbus A300 on 12/10/2025 at London-Heathrow AD (United Kingdom)

Preliminary data based on the notification from the authorities of United Kingdom:

Aircraft suffered a tailstrike on landing.

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General information
Local date	12/10/2025
Responsible entity	United Kingdom - AAIB
State or area of occurrence	United Kingdom
Location	London-Heathrow AD
Human consequences	None
Aircraft consequences	Unknown
Occurrence class	Accident
File number	BEA2025-0455

Flight Information
Aircraft category	Aeroplane - Large aeroplane
Operator	Germany - European Air Transport Leipzig GmbH
Manufacturer / Model	AIRBUS - A300
Aircraft Registration
State of registry	Germany
Last departure point	Germany - EDDP (LEJ) : Leipzig/Halle
Planned destination	United Kingdom - EGLL (LHR) : London/Heathrow
Flight phase	Landing
Serial number	621
Operator Type AG
Operation Type	Commercial Air Transport - Cargo - Airline

BEA is the French air safety investigation authority for civil aviation. The sole objective of the investigation is to improve air safety. It is intended neither to apportion blame nor to assess responsiblity.